Bedford Systems LLC

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

Patrick Lazatin

Linda Marie Donoghue

Thomas Adam Sullivan

William Roger Mainwaring-Burton

Michael M Martin

Bryan Ellis Wagenknecht

James E Shepard

Enrico Raffaele Cafaro

Ian Tinkler

Thomas Fedorka

Geoffrey Y Smith

Thomas J Novak

William T Jacobs

Barry Wood

Stoyan Plamenov Hristov

William Philip McHugh

Jonathan Alexander Brodie

Ian Scott Rice

Stuart Jay Foster

Kevin Thomas Brandimarte

Mario Liuzza

Yoav Rabino

Peter Thomas Launie, Jr

Peter Nicholas Woskov

Timothy MacLean

Jordan Dean Jack Greiner

Nathaniel Davis

Catherine Fox

Bob McCall

Bryan Eillis Wagenknecht

Described herein is a beverage system that is configured to produce beverages having different characteristics, such as different levels of carbonation including producing substantially non-carbonated beverages and carbonated beverages with a single machine. The beverage system includes a beverage appliance and a beverage container. The beverage container includes a beverage material, which can include a flavoring ingredient for a target beverage. The beverage appliance is used to access the beverage material from the beverage container and produce the target beverage. The beverage appliance and beverage container are adaptable to produce the target beverage having any of a range of carbonation levels or other characteristics.

Multi-use beverage system

A dispensing assembly that can include first and second elements is provided. The first element can define a first outlet through which a first liquid is dispensed. The second element can define a second outlet through which a second liquid is dispensed. The first liquid can form an internal liquid stream when dispensed through the first outlet. The second liquid can form an annular liquid column around the internal liquid stream when dispensed through the second outlet.

Reconstitution of independent beverage flows

A method and apparatus for opening and closing a cartridge holder of a beverage forming machine. The cartridge holder may have an opening arranged to receive and hold a cartridge with the cartridge holder. The opening may be adjustable in size and/or shape to allow the cartridge holder to receive and engage with cartridges of different size and/or shape. The cartridge holder may include one or more movable portions that are adjustable in position to effectively adjust a size and/or shape of the opening.

Beverage machine cartridge holder

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Woburn, MA, United States of America

Patrick Lazatin